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Atticus O’Sullivan
is back in an all-new, action-packed, laugh-out-loud novella from the
author of The Iron Druid Chronicles. Two-thousand-year-old Atticus may
have outwitted and outfought everyone from Odin to Bacchus, but in this
eBook original, he’s about to discover what comes around when you go
around messing with gods.

Six years into the training of his
beautiful apprentice, Granuaile, a large crow swoops down and
transforms into none other than the Morrigan, a goddess who insists that
Atticus come with her at once. He must leave his apprentice behind,
along with his Irish wolfhound, Oberon—and he must also leave his sword.
The Morrigan has always taken extreme pleasure in pronouncing the
Druid’s mortal danger and imminent doom, so the fact that she won’t
reveal the purpose of their journey makes him very nervous. Of course,
any time the Celtic Chooser of the Slain drops in unannounced, it’s
never good. When she does let slip that she’ll be saving his life in the
near future, Atticus is left to wonder . . . will he soon be giving his
legions of enemies something to crow about?

Kevin Hearne's Two Ravens and One Crow came free with the purchase of Hunted in paperback format! 1 book and 1 novella for whatever it was that I paid back in June! What a deal! Although, downside is that I had to backtrack with this one. This is story 4.5, so we're in the midst of Granuaile training when Atticus is called away by Morrigan to "help" her out with something.Turns out she wanted Atticus to meet with Odin so that they could work out a compromise. Things have been pretty heated between them after book 2, Hammered, and all. Those details were a bit lost to me, but the general concept was there! This also explained to me why Odin and Atticus were amicable with one another in Hunted! See, reading novellas really does help!As I said, reading novellas does help with understanding little tidbits of info here and there. And that is very true. Things that took place in Hunted make sense to me now. Anyway...this one basically is what I said it was, Odin and Atticus come to a truce of sorts. We also learn how Atticus came by with his ImmortaliTea--not sure I spelt that right--and basically how he became to be the never aging Druid that he is. I love a good backstory and sometimes you don't always get that in the novels, so that's where novellas come in.This was a nice, fast-paced little read. It's also kind of fun at times to backtrack and see how "frustrated" Atticus was before he and Granuaile get together. And of course Oberon is always to die for with his doggie wisdoms and all. Sadly, he and Granuaile weren't there for the majority of the story, but did make an appearance at the beginning and end.I would recommend reading this one anyway, no matter where you are in the series, if you can read it accurately, great! If not, still give it a go! Novellas are meant to be devoured in one sitting and this one definitely fits the bill in that regard, plus it's another amazing adventure of one, Atticus O'Sullivan!Overall Rating 4/5 stars

For a
two-thousand-year-old Druid, Atticus O’Sullivan is a pretty fast runner.
Good thing, because he’s being chased by not one but two goddesses of
the hunt—Artemis and Diana—for messing with one of their own. Dodging
their slings and arrows, Atticus, Granuaile, and his wolfhound Oberon
are making a mad dash across modern-day Europe to seek help from a
friend of the Tuatha Dé Danann. His usual magical option of shifting
planes is blocked, so instead of playing hide-and-seek, the game plan is
. . . run like hell.

Crashing the pantheon marathon is the
Norse god Loki. Killing Atticus is the only loose end he needs to tie up
before unleashing Ragnarok—AKA the Apocalypse. Atticus and Granuaile
have to outfox the Olympians and contain the god of mischief if they
want to go on living—and still have a world to live in.

Kevin Hearne's Hunted is the latest in his Iron Druid Chronicles--and ironically the last paperback we'll have since he's going hardcover in June--and it was one wild read! There's always action and adventure in this series which is why it's one I keep reading! Instead of the traditional Urban Fantasy with vampires or werewolves or some other such supernatural being, here we get Druids and a whole lot of Irish folklore! Seriously, every book teaches me something new about it! And there are still a few vamps and weres in the story too, so never fear, our faves are still there!Lately, Atticus, Granuaile, and Oberon have been busy running for their lives from Diana and Artemis. (Yup, both Roman and Greek goddesses!) Kevin really knows how to interweave all different kinds of folklore and culture into these books. They are a bit "angry" with Atticus for his past actions and want to kill him to exact their revenge. And Atticus isn't about to take that lying down.There was a good deal of action in this one! Truly, never a dull moment as the three are constantly running and trying to stay ahead of the vengeful goddesses. It's funny too, because when I first learned about Greek mythology in 7th grade--oh god, where do the years go?--Artemis was my favorite. Not sure why, guess I just thought she was cool from what aspects I was taught about her. Seeing her here as a villain definitely shakes things up a bit. Of course, those are the only enemies Atticus and crew have to deal with. There's still Loki and trying to stop the end of days from happening.I think one of the hardest things about this series is definitely the abundance of culture and mythology from all different kinds of countries. It gets bit overwhelming at times, especially with all the different kinds of names. There is a pronunciation guide in the beginning, but it's still hard to know what all these names and things are. And not all names get included in that. Now I said I enjoyed all the new tidbits of culture and mythology info, and I do, but it is pretty overwhelming. There's just so much! They don't teach us anything like that in school anymore. Unless they started to now.The characters are by far my favorite aspect of this story. This was probably one of my first--of course I tend to say that a lot it seems!--series I read where there's a hero vs heroine. Atticus is quite fun and very guy like. He's like crazy smart; perks of being a Druid. Granuaile, newly turned Druid and finished with her apprenticeship is a good character as well. She's strong and fierce, like many classic Urban Fantasy heroines, although I don't feel like we know her very well. Of course, the same can be said of our heroes from female-led reads, so it's manageable I guess. But my favorite character continues to be Oberon, Atticus' faithful Irish wolfhound! He's too funny and brings in much comedic relief with his doggy ways!The series continues to grow in intensity as it moves along. For the first four books we were concerned with Granuaile and her starting her apprenticeship--among other chaotic things--and since last time, we've had the pressing issue of Loki roaming about and the looming threat of the end of the world coming about. That continues to be a pressing threat and now Atticus and crew are going to need a bit of help in order to accomplish that frightful task. And help does come at the end of this one, in a most unusual way.Hunted was another freaking fantastic read by Kevin Hearne! This series is just so awesome, it's hard to really describe in words. And you can even learn new things from this one! And teachers like to say these kind of books are "junk books"! Ha! They obviously don't realize how much thought and process goes into writing fiction! It's a learning experience all on its own!If you haven't yet started this series, please do! It's incredibly awesome and cannot be said enough! And let's again mention that here we have a hero instead of heroine. Tines are definitely changing in the Urban Fantasy world and it's all good for us readers!Overall Rating 4/5 stars

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Well my first challenge was with Goodreads to read first 100, then 150 books. Nailed that one by reading 206 books! Likely to be 207 before the year is done. I think I can squeeze in one more before we hit Jan 1!

Then I also participated in the 2013 YA Challenge. Here the books could be new or old, just had to be YA! I set out to do the Mega size YA Reading Challenge by reading 50+ books. I accomplished that by reading 86!

My last challenge of the year was the Clean Out Your E-Reader Challenge. My e-reader definitely had quite a few Kindle deal books that I bought had yet to read. So I set out to read more than 10 e-books and I ended up reading 15! And I think I've added maybe 1 or 2 that haven't been read. I've added more than that but I read those puppies! There are a few left on there, some might be more novels than the traditional ebook. So not sure if I will be doing it again March next year.

Another mini Challenge that I almost forgot was that I read With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent when it first came out. [Fikt]shun had this simple little challenge, so I thought, I can do that! No problem! And I did! I read this book within the timeline given easy peasy!